Fibre - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 65668 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 31.01 MALVACEAE Hibiscus esculentus | Entry Book Number | 111.1890 | |
| Artefact Name | Fibre | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Cuba | TDWG Region | Cuba | ||
| Parts Held | Fibre | Geography Description | Cuba | ||
| Uses | FibreUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Not defined | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Foreign Office | Donor No | |||
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| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: H.esculentus, the sample shows the fibre to be evidently stronger than jute. Imperfectly cleaned and very yellow in colour. They value it at 18 to 20 pounds per ton today in London. It is possible that the colour could be greatly improved, by more careful preparation. In that cast its value might be increased by 4 or 5 pounds per ton. We cannot imagine it possible that fibre of this type could have been found worth 40 pounds per ton last year as stated to the Consul and mentioned in his rep, ort. Ide & Christie 30.9.90 See Kew Bull Oct 1890 p.230 | ||||